Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.

When you ask the best questions of yourself and others, you invite the best answers.

The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale University with my master's and I didn't do it by missing school.

As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.

Acting is my calling, not my career.

I guess I'm breaking out a little of what's comfortable and easy.

Theater's my first love. I love it. It excites me. It feeds me.

Drink a bunch of water and get facials regularly. I take care of my skin.

I love vegan choices, raw food choices, and I’ll eat whatever I have to in order to get into whatever shape I need to get into for any one particular role.

If your life's at a juncture and you need to think about things, there's nowhere better than home. However old you are.

I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don't have names.

Strategy is born when a calculated risk meets an educated guess

When people don't want to come nothing will stop them.

Democracy does not create strong ties between people. But it does make living together easier.

When you read the Bible, you must think that here and now, God is speaking with me

Walking through the Capitol Building gives you a sense of how it all began here. It was reassuring to see how restrained it was. It was very humble in a way.

50 Words of Snow just didn't seem to have the complications that quite a lot of albums have. It felt to me like it had this very good flow of energy.

We suffer because we feel we are giving more than we receive. We suffer because our love is going unrecognized. We suffer because we are unable to impose our own rules.

we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today